diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_tags.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_tags.rst
index 604eca2dc49..0f05843cbd0 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_tags.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_tags.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ tasks, you can use the ``--skip-tags`` command-line option::
 
     ansible-playbook example.yml --skip-tags "packages"
 
+.. warning::
+    * Fact gathering is tagged with 'always' by default. It is ONLY skipped if you apply a tag and then use a different tag in ``--tags`` or the same tag in ``--skip-tags``.
 
 .. _tag_reuse: